If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservationist Farina Othman, a 2025 Whitley Award winner, has been working with endangered Bornean elephants in Sabah, Malaysia, since 2006.

They say an elephant never forgets—and it turns out they can learn to adapt to drones. Once seen as a source of alarm, drones are now proving to be surprisingly elephant-friendly and a valuable ...

Introduction -- The animals : elephants, rhinos and people -- CITES and the CBD -- Sustainable use : golden thread or fool's gold? -- Elephant ivory and rhino horn -- The products, their retail ...

In the spring of 2013, poachers looking for elephant ivory took advantage of the chaos of a civil war raging in the Central African Republic, and massacred 26 rare forest elephants at a special place ...

Years of elephant movement data reveal distinct routes the animals take to access food and water, but road building and new rail lines, towns, cities and fences are increasingly cutting off their ...

LUMEZI, Zambia—Three-year-old Dickson Ngwira was deep into his afternoon nap when half a dozen elephants, using trunks as trowels, gouged a five-foot-wide hole in the brick wall near his bed. His ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Nairobi, Kenya - Thursday, November 27 - They say an elephant never forgets - and it turns out they can learn to adapt to drones! Once seen as a source of alarm, drones are now proving to be ...